Biden Names Jessica Rosenworcel Permanent FCC Chair, First Woman to Hold Role

Angelique Jackson Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali celebrated a major milestone on Friday night with the AFI Fest debut of “Swan Song,” which marks his first film project in a leading role and first narrative feature as a producer.“It was an emotional day, for me, I gotta say,” Ali told Variety on the red carpet outside the TCL Chinese Theatre.

Confidence Man have announced the release of their second album, ‘TILT’ – you can listen to its lead single ‘Holiday’ below.The Australian electro-pop duo are set to release the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Confident Music For Confident People’ on April 1, 2022 via Heavenly Recordings.According to a press release, the album is “fierce, flirty and full of anthems” and listeners “might need to sit down before you hit play”.Confidence Man – comprised of Sugar Bones and Janet Planet – have accompanied the

The yuletide season is about to get a little bit gayer thanks to Netflix’s first queer-led Christmas rom-com, “Single All the Way,” which is set to debut in December. After the streamer shared the first images of the cast, including Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Kathy Najimy and Jennifer Coolidge, back in October, the first official trailer is finally here. And it promises to be a gay old time!

Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Kathy Najimy and Jennifer Coolidge, back in October, the first official trailer is finally here. And it promises to be a gay old time!Written by Chad Hodge and directed by Michael Mayer, follows Peter (Urie) as he plans to return home for the holidays.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterUbiquitous dating app Tinder has hired its first ever content executive, Variety can report exclusively.After getting its feet wet with the successful “Swipe Night,” an interactive series where users choose plot outcomes, Tinder has recruited former NBCUniversal exec Jaime Freedman as vice president of content.Freedman will be responsible for building out a strategy that will feed current and future “shared experiences” across the company, leadership said on

EXCLUSIVE: STXfilms has entered into a first-look film deal with CrossCheck Studios, the production company founded this year by internet entrepreneur and mega-influencer Josh Richards and co-presidents Michael Gruen and Chris Sawtelle.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargePublic speaker, educator and entrepreneur Neil Phillips has been tapped by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to serve as its first-ever chief diversity officer.

Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to coming-of-age crime drama-thriller “Signs of Love,” starring Hopper Jack Penn (“Flag Day”), Dylan Penn (“Flag Day,” “Elvis & Nixon”), Zoë Bleu, and her mother, Rosanna Arquette (“The L Word,” “Ratched,” “Crash”).Blue Fox will introduce the film to international buyers at AFM and will distribute it theatrically in the U.S. next year.The cast also includes Cree Kawa and Wass Stephens.

EXCLUSIVE: Artists, Writers and Artisans (AWA), the creator-owned graphic novel publisher and studio, has named Matthew Anderson, an investor of James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems and former Roku CMO, to its board and tapped, Bob Cohen — former longtime legal chief of the former 20th Century Fox — as EVP and General Counsel.

the fiancé of Britney Spears — has landed his first big movie role.The 27-year-old model and actor will co-star in “Hot Seat,” an upcoming action thriller about an ex-hacker forced back into the industry after an anonymous man puts a bomb under his office chair, Deadline reported. Kevin Dillon, 56, has also been cast in the movie alongside previously announced Gibson, 65.

President Joe Biden plans to name Jessica Rosenworcel as permanent chair of the FCC, while he will nominate Gigi Sohn to fill a vacancy on the commission.

reported by the New York Times, which added that Rosenworcel has “campaigned vigorously for a permanent appointment.” A nomination is only the first step toward making her job permanent. The Senate would need to vote to confirm her.

JoJo Siwa and Jenna Johnson picked up the first perfect score of the season on “Dancing With The Stars” Monday night, nailing their foxtrot on “Grease” night. The two women danced to “Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee (Reprise),” with Siwa taking on the role of Sandy — pre-transformation, of course — and Johnson playing Frenchie.